Burkitt lymphoma with heart involvement: features of diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- Authors: Radzhabova G.A.1, Osipova I.V.2, Valiev T.T.1,3,4, Turkiya L.R.3, Karimova L.R.2, Mikhailova S.N.3
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Affiliations:
- Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia
- Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan
- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University)
- Issue: Vol 20, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 88-94
- Section: RARE AND COMPLEX CLINICAL SITUATIONS: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT CHOICE
- Published: 20.03.2025
- URL: https://oncohematology.abvpress.ru/ongm/article/view/1008
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/1818-8346-2025-20-1-88-94
- ID: 1008
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Abstract
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is a highly aggressive non‑Hodgkin’s lymphoma that characterizes by affecting multiple organs and systems, which explains the diagnosis of the disease at an advanced stage upon the patient’s first medical visit. Heart involvement as part of bL dissemination is extremely rare (2–5 %), but significantly impacts the clinical course, treatment and follow‑up. Heart involvement in bL can manifest as pericardial effusion, myocardial dysfunction or subsequent development of cardiogenic shock. diagnostics of BL with heart involvement should include electrocardiography, echocardiography, N‑terminal fragment of the brain natriuretic propeptide (NT‑proBNP) blood level, myocardial damage markers (troponin I / T), and, if necessary, can include more high‑precision methods – magnetic resonance / computed tomography with intravenous contrast. Timely diagnosis and programmed treatment with rituximab can achieve long‑term survival for BL patients, including advanced stages with heart involvement.
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G. A. Radzhabova
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia
ORCID iD: 0009-0008-8297-3629
125993; Build. 1, 2 / 1 Barrikadnaya St.; Moscow
Russian FederationI. V. Osipova
Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan
420138; 140 Orenburgsky Tract St.; Kazan
Russian FederationT. T. Valiev
Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Ministry of Health of Russia; N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia (Sechenov University)
Author for correspondence.
Email: timurvaliev@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1469-2365
Timur Teymurazovich Valiev
125993; Build. 1, 2 / 1 Barrikadnaya St.; 155522; 24 Kashirskoe Shosse; 119991; Build. 2, 8 Trubetskaya St.; Moscow
Russian FederationL. R. Turkiya
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-5457-6530
155522; 24 Kashirskoe Shosse; Moscow
Russian FederationL. R. Karimova
Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan
420138; 140 Orenburgsky Tract St.; Kazan
Russian FederationS. N. Mikhailova
N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia
155522; 24 Kashirskoe Shosse; Moscow
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